- 21 Dec 2019 17:45
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“Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, affects 62% of people diagnosed with dementia,” said Brennan. “But the good news is that 30% of all cases of Alzheimer’s disease are attributable to seven modifiable risk factors.”
These risk factors are low levels of educational attainment or mental stimulation, low levels of physical activity, mid-life high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, mid-life obesity, depression and smoking.
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Metformin, a cheap drug already commonly prescribed for pre-diabetics and diabetics, is being studied to prove that it slows cell ageing so dramatically that those who take it can expect to live decades longer, in near-perfect health.
Metformin has already been shown in a number of separate clinical trials to slow the development of most age-related diseases, including all cancers, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. To put it another way the drug slows the ageing process. It makes cells and tissues “younger”.
These risk factors are low levels of educational attainment or mental stimulation, low levels of physical activity, mid-life high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, mid-life obesity, depression and smoking.
also
Metformin, a cheap drug already commonly prescribed for pre-diabetics and diabetics, is being studied to prove that it slows cell ageing so dramatically that those who take it can expect to live decades longer, in near-perfect health.
Metformin has already been shown in a number of separate clinical trials to slow the development of most age-related diseases, including all cancers, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. To put it another way the drug slows the ageing process. It makes cells and tissues “younger”.
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